The Dumbest and Best Productivity Trick

The “shut up and write” model, for example, involves showing up to a room, giving its occupants a curt and flinty nod, and then writing.

If you want to write and can’t figure out how to do it, try picking an amount of time to sit at your desk every day. Start with twenty minutes, say, and work up as quickly as possible to as much time as you can spare. Do you really want to write? Sit for two hours a day. During that time, you don’t have to write, but you must stay at your desk with